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Rapid Fire: 2010-03-01

UH-60L Blackhawk helicopte

* “Taking Back the Infantry Half-Kilometer” – US infantry poorly equipped for rifle engagements in Afghanistan?

* EADS expects final deal on A400M military transport plane; Euro 3.5 billion funding deal in works.

* US Navy, House Armed Services Committee members, clash over FY 2011 shipbuilding budget.

* ThyssenKrupp’s Swedish subsidiary Kockums to build Sweden’s next-generation submarine.

* Israel’s Plasan secures $170 million subcontract from Oshkosh to supply 1,460 M-ATV protection kits; see Oshkosh’s recent win for 1,460 M-ATVs.

* US Army’s NETFIRES non line-of-sight launch system (NLOS-LS) fails recent tests at White Sands.

* US Marines go green.

* DARPA working on foliage-penetrating radar signal processing workstation to detect infantry moving in dense foliage.